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Horace Thrall

Male 1795 - 1865  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Horace Thrall was born on 26 Jul 1795; died on 29 Jan 1865.

    Notes:

    Horace became a very successful man and one of the most influential citizens of the community. He served in numerous offices of respect and trust locally and represented the town in the State Legislature.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Elliot. Elizabeth was born in 1816; died in 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Horace married Eliza J Wilson on 18 Mar 1823 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Eliza was born in 1806; died on 24 Apr 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles W Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Sep 1824; died on 14 Jun 1862 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 3. Horace H Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jul 1825; died on 14 Jan 1898.
    3. 4. Laura Z Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jan 1829 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Dec 1883.
    4. 5. Oliver W Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Jul 1830; died on 28 Dec 1892.
    5. 6. Joseph G Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Sep 1831 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 May 1910.
    6. 7. Samuel C Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 May 1833; died on 16 Feb 1915.
    7. 8. Edward F Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1837; died on 12 Nov 1910.
    8. 9. Thomas W Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1840; died on 21 May 1889.
    9. 10. Willard A Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Aug 1842; died on 3 Aug 1920.

    Horace married Julianna Treadway on 14 Mar 1854. Julianna was born in 1808; died on 16 May 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles W Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 19 Sep 1824; died on 14 Jun 1862 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

  2. 3.  Horace H Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 7 Jul 1825; died on 14 Jan 1898.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alt. Birth: 7 Jul 1824

    Horace married Charlotte A Watrons in Nov 1856. Charlotte and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Gertrude A Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 12. Elizabeth M Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1869; and died.

  3. 4.  Laura Z Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 30 Jan 1829 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Dec 1883.

    Laura married Samuel Clark on 8 Sep 1850. Samuel and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Eliza A Clark  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 14. Charles O Clark  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  4. 5.  Oliver W Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 11 Jul 1830; died on 28 Dec 1892.

  5. 6.  Joseph G Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 13 Sep 1831 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 May 1910.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Alt. Birth: 11 Sep 1831

    Notes:

    He was a kindly man and well liked. He did not marry until he was 49, and he married a girl 18 years younger than himself. He lived on the home farm until he married and then took his bride to a home across the Farmington River where he farned the rest of his life.

    (Medical):Was a big man, weighing 230 pounds or more.

    Joseph married Vesta Emmaretta Bartlett in 1880 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Vesta was born on 16 Oct 1849 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 May 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Oliver J Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1882 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died after 1965.
    2. 16. Alice M Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jul 1886 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

  6. 7.  Samuel C Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 30 May 1833; died on 16 Feb 1915.

  7. 8.  Edward F Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 6 Feb 1837; died on 12 Nov 1910.

    Edward married Flavia A Howe, G.P. on 29 Nov 1864. Flavia was born on 29 May 1838; died on 24 Jan 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Frank Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 18. Charles H Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1867; died on 3 Nov 1898.
    3. 19. Lelliaone Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1878; and died.

  8. 9.  Thomas W Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 23 Nov 1840; died on 21 May 1889.

    Thomas married Emma I Treadway on 31 Jan 1865. Emma and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Cora E Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 21. Fred H Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov 1872; and died.

  9. 10.  Willard A Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (1.Horace1) was born on 24 Aug 1842; died on 3 Aug 1920.

    Family/Spouse: Helen Churchill. Helen was born in 1843; died in 1914. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Oliver J Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1875; died in 1877.
    2. 23. Henry W Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1876 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1944.
    3. 24. Howard Churchill Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jun 1881 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 14 Mar 1951 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    4. 25. Laura H Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1884; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  Gertrude A Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (3.Horace2, 1.Horace1) and died.

    Family/Spouse: W G Clark. W and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 12.  Elizabeth M Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (3.Horace2, 1.Horace1) was born about 1869; and died.

    Elizabeth married Leroy Sykes on 13 Feb 1889. Leroy and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Eliza A Clark Descendancy chart to this point (4.Laura2, 1.Horace1) and died.

  4. 14.  Charles O Clark Descendancy chart to this point (4.Laura2, 1.Horace1) and died.

  5. 15.  Oliver J Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 23 Apr 1882 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died after 1965.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Note: Chaiman of the Zoning Commission, and of the Town Planning Board
    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Occupation: President of the Windsor Shade Tobacco Company
    • Religion: Congregationalist

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    Began his career in tobacco just before the turn of the century. They were raising Havana Seed tobacco then. He had attended business college in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. OLIVER has been a very active business man and not only has, with his son, a large tobacco raising operation, but one of the country's finest herds of Holstein cattle. The Thralls should be counted among the pioneers in growing the Connecticut shade tobacco, which has proven the finest cigar wrapper
    of today. OLIVER brought to the ancestral farm, a heard of the finest available dairy cattle. In 1965 the two large cow barns and great silos were models of perfection in the dairy industry.

    Oliver married Mammie L Clark on 2 May 1908 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Mammie (daughter of ? Clark) was born on 22 Apr 1889; died after 1965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Joseph Benjamin Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jan 1910 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    2. 27. Hazel May Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Oct 1915 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    3. 28. Shirley Ann Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Feb 1930 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

  6. 16.  Alice M Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 29 Jul 1886 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Alice married Raymond B Clark on 15 Oct 1923. Raymond was born on 5 Apr 1893 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Richard Oliver Clark  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Sep 1925; died on 3 May 1926.
    2. 30. Donald Raymond Clark  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 17.  Frank Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward2, 1.Horace1)

    Notes:

    Died:
    in infancy


  8. 18.  Charles H Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward2, 1.Horace1) was born in 1867; died on 3 Nov 1898.

  9. 19.  Lelliaone Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward2, 1.Horace1) was born on 20 Aug 1878; and died.

    Lelliaone married George Merwin on 28 Dec 1897. George and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 20.  Cora E Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas2, 1.Horace1) and died.

    Cora married Arthur B Cowan on 30 Sep 1889. Arthur and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Raymond T Cowan  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 32. Kenneth B Cowan  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    3. 33. Thomas L Cowan  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

  11. 21.  Fred H Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (9.Thomas2, 1.Horace1) was born on 30 Nov 1872; and died.

  12. 22.  Oliver J Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born in 1875; died in 1877.

  13. 23.  Henry W Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born on 14 Oct 1876 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in Jun 1944.

  14. 24.  Howard Churchill Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born on 13 Jun 1881 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; was christened on 14 Mar 1951 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Note: Mason
    • Occupation: Farmer
    • Religion: Congregationalist
    • Residence: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; Address:
      38 Day Hill Road

    Notes:

    Occupation:
    Educated in the public schools of Windsor and took a commercial course at Morse Business College. In 1902, he began to raise tobacco and did throughout his life. He operated in partnership with his brother, Henry W. Thrall, a dairy farm where he raised pure-bred Jersey cattle. In 1938, in conjunction with the Farm and Home Week Program at Connecticut State College, the Board of Trustees awarded him an "honorary recognition" scroll, signed by Governor Gross and President Jorgensen of the College "in recognition of eminent service to agriculture in the State of Connecticut." He was a Director of the Hartford County Fann Bureau and of the Connecticut Jersey Cattle Club, President of the Connecticut Turkey Producers' Association, Vice-President and Director of the Windsor Shade Tobacco Company, President of the Windsor Club.

    Howard married Ella Whiting Clark on 2 May 1908. Ella (daughter of ? Clark) was born in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Mary Helen Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jul 1911 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.
    2. 35. Howard Clark Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 36. Warren Edward Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1922 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

  15. 25.  Laura H Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born on 25 Nov 1884; and died.

    Laura married Arthur Clark on 31 Dec 1916. Arthur and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 26.  Joseph Benjamin Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (15.Oliver3, 6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 31 Jan 1910 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Notes:

    Joseph and his father are partners in a large tobacco farm. He attended The Loomis School and graduated from Yale. Joseph is tall, lean and perhaps what we picture as a typical Yankee. He knows the tobacco business and has done well with it, being a large producer of Shade Grown wrapper tobacco. His wife, Marian, takes real interest in both tobacco and cattle and keeps the records. Joseph and Marian have a place in Florida where they spend some time in the winter, but the farm is so beautifully located on the Fannington River, one never needs leave in sunnier. The house overlooks Hoyts Meadow where the first Thrall in America tilled the soil that Joseph is tilling today. The movie "Parrish" depicting the life and growth of Shade Tobacco, was made on the Thrall farm (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0055279/?fr=c2l0ZT11a3xteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9cGFycmlzaHxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=122;fm=1).

    Joseph married Marian H Gilman on 25 Apr 1936 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Marian was born on 1 Jul 1917 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Priscilla Jane Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 38. Cynthia Louise Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 39. Oliver Joseph Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 27.  Hazel May Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (15.Oliver3, 6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 5 Oct 1915 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Election: 1943

    Notes:

    Election:
    The first woman to be elected to the Connecticut General Assembly from Windsor in 1943.

    Hazel married Francis J Sullivan on 7 Nov 1937 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Francis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Anthony Sullivan  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 41. Maureen Sullivan  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 42. William Sullivan  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 28.  Shirley Ann Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (15.Oliver3, 6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 22 Feb 1930 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Shirley married Francis Hugot on 2 Apr 1958 in Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France. Francis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 29.  Richard Oliver Clark Descendancy chart to this point (16.Alice3, 6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1) was born on 20 Sep 1925; died on 3 May 1926.

  5. 30.  Donald Raymond Clark Descendancy chart to this point (16.Alice3, 6.Joseph2, 1.Horace1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Heather Clark  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 31.  Raymond T Cowan Descendancy chart to this point (20.Cora3, 9.Thomas2, 1.Horace1) and died.

  7. 32.  Kenneth B Cowan Descendancy chart to this point (20.Cora3, 9.Thomas2, 1.Horace1) and died.

  8. 33.  Thomas L Cowan Descendancy chart to this point (20.Cora3, 9.Thomas2, 1.Horace1) and died.

  9. 34.  Mary Helen Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (24.Howard3, 10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born on 25 Jul 1911 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Notes:

    Mary is secretary at the Kaman Aircraft Corporation, Bloomfield, Conn, where her husband is employed as a mechanic. Her husband, Francis, previously conducted his own tobacco farm for several years and for a while, he was affiliated with Mary's family (H.C. Thrall & Sons) in the tobacco business. During World War II, he worked in defense at Colt Patent Fire Arms in Hartford, Conn. and later at Hamilton Standard Propeller at Windsor Locks. For two years, during 1952 and 1954, Mary and Francis conducted their own ceramic shop in Poquonock, Conn.

    Mary married Francis J Milliken on 22 Apr 1935 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Francis and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 44. Richard Thrall Milliken  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 45. Gerald Francis Milliken  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 35.  Howard Clark Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (24.Howard3, 10.Willard2, 1.Horace1)

    Family/Spouse: Ruth Davis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. David Churchill Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 47. Timothy Warren Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 48. Peter Richard Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 49. Christopher Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 50. Mary Willard Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 51. Susan Ella Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 52. Jonathan Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 36.  Warren Edward Thrall Descendancy chart to this point (24.Howard3, 10.Willard2, 1.Horace1) was born on 4 Sep 1922 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; and died.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Warren Edwards Thrall

    Notes:

    After attending the local schools in Windsor, Warren spent two years at Connecticut University and then enlisted in the armed forces. While in the service, he was sent to Yale University for one year and then spent a year and a half of his three years in service overseas with the Third Marine Division. Part of this time being at Iwo Jima, and the balance on Guam. After completing his service, he returned to the University of Connecticut, graduating in June, 1947.

    Warren is six feet one inch tall, weighs 195 pounds, with hazel eyes and brown hair. His is Vice President of H.C.Thrall & Sons, Inc., Secretary and Director of Windsor Shade Tobacco Company, President of New England Holstein-Friesian Association, Director of Shade Tobacco Growers Agriculture Association, Director and former President of Conn. Holstein-Friesian Association, President of the Windsor Club, Beuber of Suffield Country Club and member of the First Church in Windsor (Congregational).

    Warren married Mary Jane Ingham [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 53. Amanda Jane Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 54. Melissa Ann Thrall  Descendancy chart to this point